Friday, June 6, 2014

Dinosaur Graveyard Discovered In Southern Chile

Nearly 50 Entire Fossils Found

Scientists working in the Patagonia region of southern Chile have
unearthed what is being called one of the largest dinosaur graveyards to
be found to date.

Located in the country's Torres del Paine National Park, the
graveyard contains nearly 50 entire ichthyosaur fossils. The prehistoric
creature has been described as a fast-swimming “fish-lizard" similar to
a dolphin that lived during the Mesozoic Era, about 245 million to 90
million years ago.Read more here